Joseph Ochs

Despite being New England's Son (hailing from the Great State of Connecticut), Joe currently resides in Los Angeles, California. One of his earliest memories is of the Bruins losing in the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals, setting up a lifetime of crushing disappointments. He feels genuine sadness for those without a passion to rival his unwavering love for the greatest game on earth.

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October 2nd, 2018The National Hockey League was founded on November 26, 1917. Over the league's 100 years, countless players have left indelible marks on the game. Names like, Morenz, Shore, Richard, Howe, Beliveau, Orr, Gretzky and Lemieux are uttered in hockey circles with the utmost reverence. If one were to ask multiple generations who the best NHL...

August 6th, 2018As mentioned in this article's companion piece (which you can find here), the Boston Bruins have come out on the winning end of several of the most lopsided trades in NHL history. Milt Schmidt turned around a moribund franchise by acquiring Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield from Chicago for pennies on the dollar.
For 28...

June 9th, 2018Rookies (or "first-year players" as captain Zdeno Chara prefers) figured to play an integral role this season for the Boston Bruins. Eschewing the big-name free agent signings of years past and opting instead to ride the youth wave, success was to be largely predicated on the readiness of several promising prospects within the...

April 28th, 2018Whether you're of the belief that the Boston Bruins won or merely survived their first-round matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the boys in Black and Gold live to fight another day. A date with the high-octane Tampa Bay Lightning, owners of the Eastern Conference's best record is on the docket, figuring to give the Bruins all they can...

April 3rd, 2018One lucky American cashed-in on $533 million lottery ticket this past week.
It was not Brandon Carlo.
For the second time in his brief, two-year career, it appears that Carlo's season has come to an abrupt and untimely end, mere feet from the homestretch. The exact severity of the injury is still unknown, but the initial report,...

March 16th, 2018You knew this was coming. It took three months to come back for seconds, but the injury bug is once again feasting on the Boston Bruins.
For three glorious months, the club was healthy, happy and hungry. They weren't just winning games either, they were blowing opponents out of the building. Tremendous chemistry had developed as a...

March 14th, 2018It's not often that a team spends draft capital to acquire a player they hope plays as little as possible, but that was exactly the pathos behind the acquisition of veteran forward and UFA-to-be Tommy Wingels.
That's not a knock on Wingels whatsoever. It's merely an acknowledgement of the fact that prior to the trade things had been...

March 13th, 2018Before the puck dropped on opening night, personnel and fans alike of the Boston Bruins knew that this season's success was to be largely predicated upon the success of its youth.
With just 15 games remaining in the regular season, the 2017-18 Boston Bruins have the third best record in the NHL. Suffice to say, the "youth movement,"...

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